Graduate Toolkit

Gain work experience and skill development to enhance your CV

As you’re applying for graduate jobs, it's important to continue to boost your employability, CV, and confidence. There are different ways to do this, both before and during the application process to help you stand out from the crowd.

Remember, it’s never too late to develop your skills and experience. First-hand experience allows you to explore whether you have the ability and interest to perform well in a role. You also learn more about the organisation, its people and working culture, which helps you evaluate whether you are likely to enjoy working there.

Work experience

Work experience can help you to develop valuable skills and experience to showcase on your CV. As well as an opportunity to earn money, it can give you the opportunity to try out possible career ideas and make new connections. Get some useful tips on work experience options:

Other ways to gain work experience could include:

Internships

You can boost your CV by taking part in a short internship. This experience will provide you with new skills and relevant experience to include in your CV: 

Virtual internships share many similarities to in-person internships. The key difference is that you can complete virtual internships from home and access opportunities from across the globe. They offer you invaluable experience to add to your CV after you have graduated. Some useful resources for virtual internships are:

  • Forage – Forage offer free virtual work experience with partnered companies.
  • Bright Network Internship Experience – Internship Experience with Bright Network is a 3-day virtual internship programme which takes place every summer.

Online courses

Volunteering

Unitemps

Opportunities

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